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British poet Frances Cornford (1886–1960) was descended from a number of Cambridge intellectuals, including Charles Darwin and William Wordsworth. Her work was influenced by both the Georgian and modernist forms of poetry. She experimented with a variety of forms including the triolet and the villanelle and also translated a number of works from Russian and French.

Four autograph letters signed from Frances Cornford to Alan Clodd. Cornford thanks Clodd for his praise of her work and answers questions about her poems. She also mentions her ill health. The collections also includes four undated manuscript poems in Cornfeld's hand.

53810Autograph letter signed[1960 April 6]With envelope.53810Autograph card signed1960 April 28Poemsundated4 items53810"Invocation for a Modern Marriage"undated53810"LF"undated53810"Mother to Father"undated53810"The Girl in the Blue-bell Wood"undated